BoI misquote of David Albert’s review

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David Deutsch’s “Beginning of Infinity” is a brilliant and exhilarating and profoundly eccentric book. It’s about everything: art, science, philosophy, history, politics, evil, death, the future, infinity, bugs, thumbs, what have you. And the business of giving it anything like the attention it deserves, in the small space allotted here, is out of the question. But I will do what I can. It hardly seems worth saying (to begin with) that the chutzpah of this guy is almost beyond belief, and that any book with these sorts of ambitions is necessarily, in some overall sense, a failure, or a fraud, or a joke, or madness. But Deutsch (who is famous, among other reasons, for his pioneering contributions to the field of quantum computation) is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege, notwithstanding everything, to spend time in his head.
David Albert, https://web.archive.org/web/20120302024226/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/books/review/the-beginning-of-infinity-by-david-deutsch-book-review.html

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Brilliant and exhilarating … Deutsch is so smart, and so strange, and so creative, and so inexhaustibly curious, and so vividly intellectually alive, that it is a distinct privilege to spend time in his head.
https://web.archive.org/web/20211205111712/https://www.thebeginningofinfinity.com/reviews/#reviews
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Found 5 issue(s) using regular expression . and Histogram algorithm, underlined in wavy red. 
David‧Deutsch’s‧“Beginning‧of‧Infinity”‧is‧a‧brilliant‧and‧exhilarating‧and‧profoundly‧eccentric‧book.‧It’s‧about‧everything:‧art,‧science,‧philosophy,‧history,‧politics,‧evil,‧death,‧the‧future,‧infinity,‧bugs,‧thumbs,‧what‧have‧you.‧And‧the‧business‧of‧giving‧it‧anything‧like‧the‧attention‧it‧deserves,‧in‧the‧small‧space‧allotted‧here,‧is‧out‧of‧the‧question.‧But‧I‧will‧do‧what‧I‧can.↵
It‧hardly‧seems‧worth‧saying‧(to‧begin‧with)‧that‧the‧chutzpah‧of‧this‧guy‧is‧almost‧beyond‧belief,‧and‧that‧any‧book‧with‧these‧sorts‧of‧ambitions‧is‧necessarily,‧in‧some‧overall‧sense,‧a‧failure,‧or‧a‧fraud,‧or‧a‧joke,‧or‧madness.‧But‧‧…‧Deutsch‧(who‧is‧famous,‧among‧other‧reasons,‧for‧his‧pioneering‧contributions‧to‧the‧field‧of‧quantum‧computation)‧is‧so‧smart,‧and‧so‧strange,‧and‧so‧creative,‧and‧so‧inexhaustibly‧curious,‧and‧so‧vividly‧intellectually‧alive,‧that‧it‧is‧a‧distinct‧privilege,‧notwithstanding‧everything,‧to‧spend‧time‧in‧his‧head.

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David‧Deutsch’s‧“
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B
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eginning‧of‧Infinity”‧is‧a‧b
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rilliant‧and‧exhilarating
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‧and‧profoundly‧eccentric‧book.‧It’s‧about‧everything:‧art,‧science,‧philosophy,‧history,‧politics,‧evil,‧death,‧the‧future,‧infinity,‧bugs,‧thumbs,‧what‧have‧you.‧And‧the‧business‧of‧giving‧it‧anything‧like‧the‧attention‧it‧deserves,‧in‧the‧small‧space‧allotted‧here,‧is‧out‧of‧the‧question.‧But‧I‧will‧do‧what‧I‧can.↵It‧hardly‧seems‧worth‧saying‧(to‧begin‧with)‧that‧the‧chutzpah‧of‧this‧guy‧is‧almost‧beyond‧belief,‧and‧that‧any‧book‧with‧these‧sorts‧of‧ambitions‧is‧necessarily,‧in‧some‧overall‧sense,‧a‧failure,‧or‧a‧fraud,‧or‧a‧joke,‧or‧madness.‧But‧
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‧…‧
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Deutsch‧
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(who‧is‧famous,‧among‧other‧reasons,‧for‧his‧pioneering‧contributions‧to‧the‧field‧of‧quantum‧computation)‧
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is‧so‧smart,‧and‧so‧strange,‧and‧so‧creative,‧and‧so‧inexhaustibly‧curious,‧and‧so‧vividly‧intellectually‧alive,‧that‧it‧is‧a‧distinct‧privilege
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,‧notwithstanding‧everything,
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‧to‧spend‧time‧in‧his‧head.

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